“Let’s Give Lunch” began modestly in 1991, raising $6,000 to help provide nutrition for some of the most vulnerable members of our community. Now it hauls in tens of thousands
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Nowâs the perfect time to begin thinking about an annual fundraiser youâve read about here before. Itâs a luncheon that started outdoors three decades ago and later moved inside. And that was hardly the last change.
The tickets are $20. The proceeds from each ticket sold will buy three hot meals for needy senior citizens, delivered to their homes.
This all started way back in 1991, when the Local Office on Aging held a fundraiser to augment federal and state government spending for Meals on Wheels. Volunteers deliver those, five days per week, to 550 low-income senior citizens who live in the Roanoke region.
Besides infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands, the COVID-19 pandemic has shuttered schools, churches, many restaurant dining rooms and other businesses and institutions. But itâs not going to stop the annual food drive known as Soup for Seniors.
The Local Office on Aging, which sponsors the collection and distribution effort each February, is soldiering ahead with the 2021 event.
Soup for Seniors provides low-income older people â many who are housebound for health reasons â with nonperishable meals so they wonât have to choose between eating and buying medicine or paying utility bills during winterâs coldest period.
Itâs a zero-overhead, all-volunteer effort that in past years has collected as many as 65,000 cans of soup and other food items for our communityâs neediest. Last year, it brought in nearly 55,000 food items.